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US 7,695,186 B2Granted
Systems using a levitating, rotating pumping or mixing element and related methods
AssigneeLevTech, Inc.
InventorAlexandre N. Terentiev
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Abstract
A system for pumping or mixing a fluid using a rotating pumping or mixing element and various other components for use in a pumping or mixing system are disclosed.
Claims24
An apparatus for mixing a fluid, comprising:
- a vessel comprising a bag including a flexible wall at least partially defining an interior compartment capable of receiving and holding the fluid;
- a fluid-agitating element in the interior compartment of the vessel;
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- a receiver secured to the flexible wall for receiving the fluid-agitating element.
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An apparatus for mixing a fluid, comprising:
- a vessel comprising a bag including a flexible wall at least partially defining an interior compartment capable of receiving and holding the fluid;
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- a rotatable fluid-agitating element for agitating the fluid in the interior compartment of the vessel;
- the vessel further including a receiver having a projecting portion with a sidewall and an endwall defining a cavity, said projecting portion including an outer surface in communication with the environment exterior to the interior compartment of the vessel and an inner surface within the interior compartment of the vessel and adjacent the fluid-agitating element.
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An apparatus for mixing a fluid, comprising:
- an at least partially flexible vessel comprising a bag including an interior compartment;
- means for agitating the fluid when present in the interior compartment;
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- means for receiving the fluid-agitating element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.